Daming: Mixed in Dangzhi County, Beiping

Chapter 46 Zhu Laosi is furious!
By the time Guo An finished speaking, Zhu Di's face was covered with frost, and he clenched his fists tightly, creaking!
"This group of damn bastards! It's only been a few years, and they dare to get caught for corruption like this king, and there are still so many!"

"Your Highness?"

Guo An's face was frightened, Zhu Di's eyes were full of fierce eyes, and he wanted to choose someone to kill!

"Hmph, show me this account book again!"

Zhu Di said coldly.

Immediately, no matter whether Guo An agreed or not, he walked to the side, took out an account book, and handed it to Guo An.

Guo An glanced at Zhu Di blankly, then sat on the chair and watched.

"Account books for the purchase of ironware and agricultural tools?"

What's the point of buying some account books for iron farm tools?
Guo An glanced at the words on the cover of the account, complained in his heart, and slowly opened the account book.

Just open your eyes wide!

My good fellow, there is a whole account book, which is a list of accounts for the purchase of iron farm tools.

"On May 12th, the iron shop in the east of the city bought 150 iron hoes for 22 taels of silver; [-] shovels for [-] taels of silver; [-] shovels for [-] taels of silver. Eight coins of silver...

On May 21, the iron shop in the west of the city bought 20 iron shovels for 13 taels of silver; 11 shovels for 44 taels of silver; and [-] iron hoes for [-] taels of silver.[-] taels of silver...

May 23rd..."

After flipping through the pages, Guo An couldn't help but bewildered, "Your Highness, have you bought all the more than 6 iron farm tools brought by those rich merchants from the south of the Yangtze River?"

"Since they have already sent these iron farm tools all the way to Peiping, how can I let them take them all the way away again?" Zhu Di said calmly.

"Your Highness is merciful!"

Guo An flattered him against his will, then took the paper and pen, and began to count.

Although the number of accounts in this account book is a bit more than that of the previous farm account book, there are only three items in total, which is much easier to calculate than the previous account book.

This time, Guo An counted the effort of two quarters of an hour.

"Your Highness, this account book is not falsified!"

"No mistakes?"

Zhu Di was a little puzzled.

"Don't worry, Your Highness, it's just a calculation of some numbers, and the officer will check it again, and there will be absolutely no mistakes!"

Guo An looked confident.

Since coming to this world, his other abilities have not improved, but he found that he is much more sensitive to numbers than in his previous life.

It is just a calculation of an account book, for him, there will be no mistakes at all.

Seeing this, a gleam of relief flashed in Zhu Di's eyes.

However, Guo An was a little weird when he suddenly remembered the prices of these farm tools.

"Your Highness, I am a little puzzled, why are the prices of these farm tools so high?"

"Ok?"

Hearing this, Zhu Di fixed his eyes on Guo An.

"What do you mean by that?"

Guo An said again: "Your Majesty is talking too much, please forgive me, Your Highness!"

Zhu Di was furious, "Damn it, if you have something to say, you thief official, just say it, don't babble!"

Guo An said slowly: "Your Highness, I'm just a little strange, the imperial court set the price of a shovel at 35 cents!

In each state and county, due to the number of blacksmith shops, the prices of iron farm tools such as iron catalpa, iron hoe, and iron shovel will fluctuate somewhat.

However, the price of a piece of iron catalpa in my Beiping mansion is at most 36 renminbi. Why does His Highness buy these iron catalpas from the wealthy merchants in the south of the Yangtze River?

Logically speaking, for those wealthy Jiangnan merchants, we must severely suppress their prices and teach them a lesson.

Why did His Highness let them earn some money this time..."

Hearing this, Zhu Di immediately became furious, "Damn it, these beasts and thieves!"

Guo An asked curiously, "Your Highness, who is it?"

Zhu Di couldn't help but glared at Guo An, "It's nothing to do!"

"what?"

Guo An was taken aback.

"Wang Zhen!" Zhu Di shouted directly to the outside.

"Your Highness!"

Wang Zhen hurriedly opened the door and walked in.

Zhu Di said: "Let's go first!"

"Yes, Your Highness!"

Wang Zhen answered.

"I will retire at the end!"

After finishing speaking, he dragged Guo An out.

"Is this gone?"

Being dragged by Wang Zhen, Guo An was still a little dazed.

Wang Zhen didn't let go of Guo An until he got out of the gate of the palace, and explained in a low voice: "Please forgive the crime, Your Highness was furious just now, I'm afraid that if you are one step late, His Highness will spread his anger on the two of us!"

"His Royal Highness is furious..."

Thinking of the two account books he checked, Guo An nodded thoughtfully.

"Your Highness should be furious!"

"The county lord knows why His Highness is furious?" Wang Zhen turned his head and asked curiously.

Guo An glanced at Wang Zhen and said, "I dare to say, do you dare to listen?"

"This……"

Hearing this, Wang Zhen shivered subconsciously, and hurriedly saluted Guo An.

"Thank you for the reminder, County Lord!"

"Let's go, go back to the county office!"

"Yes, County Honor..."

……

What Guo An and Wang Zhen didn't expect was that after they left, behind the desk screen in the study, a woman in a beautiful dress came out slowly.

Princess Yan Xu Miaoyun!

"Please forgive me, Your Highness. It's all due to lax discipline of concubines. I haven't noticed it for so long. How dare these servants in the palace dare to embezzle like this?"

"Sister, you don't need to do this, I was negligent in this matter!"

Zhu Di said with a gloomy face, "I never thought that we've only been in Peiping for a few years, and these bastards are already so courageous that they dare to take my money!"

"How much taels of silver can the palace earn each year? But these evil animals, just a small farm, can steal more than 170 taels of silver and 120 shi of grain a year!"

"That's it, let alone my other jobs in the palace!

My sister and I save food and money every year, for fear of spending too much!
But these bastards dare to be greedy for ink unscrupulously. How many taels of silver have they been greedy for ink in the past few years?Really hateful!

Sister, this time I will strictly investigate and cut these thieves into pieces. Please don't stop me, sister! "

Xu Miaoyun said with a sullen face: "Those servants dare to be so heartless, Your Highness should investigate strictly. However, this matter is after all a big scandal in my Palace of King Yan, and please Your Highness thoroughly investigate first, which account books have Problem, who is involved, and deal with it together!"

"This time, I don't trust the accountants and those in charge in the palace anymore, so I need to trouble my sister!"

Zhu Di said.

"Your Highness, don't worry, the concubines have already remembered the discrepancies in the account books mentioned by the magistrate just now. As long as Your Highness gives the concubines a few days, the concubines will definitely be able to check all the account books in the palace over the past few years." Once!" Xu Miaoyun said.

"So, I will trouble my sister!" Zhu Di was overjoyed.

In the next few days, the atmosphere in the entire Yan Palace changed suddenly.

All the guards, maidservants, and servants suddenly realized that their king's temper has been particularly violent these days!
Even, the complexion of my own princess is getting darker day by day!
Everyone acts with caution every day, for fear of making any mistakes and losing their lives!

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(End of this chapter)